This will allow us to change the value from true/false by simply changing the web.xml file if we need to turn on the messages for debugging.

NOTE: I am using auto-boxing on the Boolean --> boolean conversions.

4. Now bind the component by using the properties for the MessageGroup components in your project.

NOTE: You will want to bind the render property and not the visible property. We do not want to add additional downloaded components to the page if we are not planning on using them. This is good style.

This will save you a lot of time later and make debugging easier if you need it.